The cops shot up those women's pickup truck -- and a surfer's truck who was heading out for some dawn surfing -- less than two miles from my house.

When I asked our local police chief why they shot, he explained that the cops were "afraid" and opened fire -- obviously before acquiring positive target identification in both cases and also obviously with terrible aim, considering they were shooting to kill and barely wounded only one of the three false Dorners.

Imagine if any mere citizen used the excuse, "I was afraid!" to shoot up two vehicles within a half hour. Those same cops would haul your @ss to jail and throw the key away.

Later, Dorner was summarily executed.

Even later, when the snow melted, a citizen found a silenced handgun Dorner had dropped but had been missed by cops in the deep snow of Big Bear.

Apparently the ex-cop Dorner had several silenced weapons. Now why would an ex-cop have silenced weapons? Do other cops own silenced weapons?

Were they shooting an episode of A-team? I've seen better marksmanship from friggin stormtroopers.

This needs to be made a campaign issue for anyone running for mayor, district attorney, city council and any elected law enforcement office. Further, the "endorsement" of any candidate by this (and every) trigger happy police association should be treated with contempt and outright shunned.

OK, there's a "Commission" to review internal affairs. May even be useful. BUT the path to prosecution of individuals who harm others should not end there. When the victim and harm are clearly identified, there should be no further barrier to appealing the charges upward, with the court required to obtain testimony from an independent investigation.

OK, got it, but the point here is that the police knew EXACTLY who the killer was, what he looked like, and the vehicle he was driving. Far as I can tell, the victims and their vehicle didn't match any of those things - not even close.

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